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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-05

Absence:
By MIR. Ryder of Springfield,
Ordered, That on and after March 10Th,
f. A. Bishop of Hermon be excused from
further attendance at this session, and that
the clerk be instructed to make up his pay to
the end of the session.
BY Mr.. York of Nobleboro,
Ordered, That on and after March 4,h,
1887, Eben Chase, Jr.. be granted leave of
absence for four days on account of important
town business.
BY Mr.. Chase of Edgecomb,
Ordered, That J. Ii. Chase of Damariscotta
be excused from attendance on this House
for three days from and after this date, on
account of important town business.
BY Mr.. Pattangall of Pembroke,
Ordered, I hat on and after March 10. Hon.
J. C. Talbot of East Machias be excused
from further attendance on this House, and
that the CLERK be directed to make up his pay
to the end of the session. Mr. Talbot being
chairman of the board of selectmen, it is nee
essary for him to 90 home and make
up the report for their annual town
meeting which occurs March IA.
BY Mr.. Walton of Skowhegan,
Ordered, That Calvin Il. Jones of Athens
be excused from any further attendance after
March llth on account of important business
and that the Clerk be directed to make uI
his pay roll to the end of the session.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-05

Bill an act to repeal sec. IL, chap. 60, re-
vised statutes, relating to granting divorces
nisi, which was indefinitely postponed in the
House and sent up for concurrence, came
back from the Senate, the Senate refusing to
concur and asking for committee of confer
ence.
The House acceded to the request for a
conference committee, and the Chair Joined
Messrs. Dawson of Greenville, Walton of
Skowhegan and Randall Of Augusta, on the
part of the House.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
Sunday Solitude.

The first Sunday under the strict en-
forcement of the city ordinances passed
very quietly indeed. The saloons were
all closed and the side doors watched
closely by all interested. No body got a
smile of any description. The ordinance
is impartial and oven the Gladstone cigar
case was empty, no weeds offered or ap-
pearing for sale. No fruits, or candy, and
not even newspapers were sold at stands.
The kicking in consequence especially
among strangers and travelling men was
very great as well as highly amusing.
Remarks on the extinct appearance of the
town without these civilized deprivations
were frequently heard around the hotels.
A good many people forgot to what ex-
tent the ordinances were being obeyed,
and Alderman Dan Hughes who has al
ways been accustomed to find his resorts
open. went to mass and forgot to get any
bread or meat until after service, when
all was closed and his old rooster suffered
the consequences of his neghgence-so
he is reported to have admitted.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
MONDAYS Election,

The vote of the candidates for the
board Of education occurred Monday.
The day was extremely disagreeable-a
strong chilly wind blowing all day. The
hosts of friends of Albert Allen. are
highly pleased to see how we'll he ran,
leading the long list of candidates easily
The other members of the board elected
we're j. w. Sheridan, johnson Nickeus,
while q tie exists between Major Lyon
and H. B. Allen. The gentlemen Sc
lected for the responsible and unlucrative
position will all make thorough and ac-
tive members. All are citizens with FAM
lies and children attending school, and
that fact alone will give greater interest
to them in the economical and efficient
management Of the public schools than
any other possibly could. Added to the
members holding over, Messrs. Platten-
berg, E. P. Wells, VanDusen and Klaus,
jamestown has as capable and conserva-
tive board of education as exists in Da-
kota. The ALERT believes the financial
affairs of the school board, both arising
from the past and the future, will meet
the closest and wisest attention of tie
board, and the pupils of the public
schools will exhibit constant records OF
progress and interest throughout the
school year.
The following 1s
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
The Ladies' Missionary Sociey.

The Ladies' Missionary Sociey.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather large audience gathered at the
Presbyterian church Sunday night. The
occasion was the annual meeting of the
Ladies' Missionary society, and the exer-
cises were of such nature as to amply
repay all who ventured out through the
disagreeable and threatening weather.
After short scripture reading by Rev.
N. D. Tanning, a prayer by Prof. Grove,
and short and encouraging address by
the pastor. Mrs. VIM. NJ. Lloyd delivered
with eloquent and effective earnestness
the presidents address, which was replete
with good advice and words of incentive
to greater efforts in the future. Mrs. N.
D. Tanning followed with an earnest
prayer, after which Mamie Nickeus and
Laura Geiseler appeared in pretty dia-
logue: "What Can We Do" The feature
of the exercises was a recitation, "A Plea
for Missions,' by little Lizzie Lloyd.
The little lady has a sweet voice, which
being combined with happy manner,
and an enunciation and emphasis re-
markable for one of her years, rendered
the effect extremely pleasant to all who
heard her. Mrs. H. B. Allen read the
secretary's report, comprehensive paper
showing the growth, condition and work
ing of the society, and in the absence Of
Mrs. G. w. Craven, Mrs. N. D. Tanning
gave the congregation some valuable in
formation regarding the missionary work
in ''The Budget of Items" "The Ques-
ton Box which was an indiscriminate
firing of questions into the audience by
Mrs. n. D. Tanning, closed the evenings
exercises, During this latter operation.
Mrs. NJ. Wells, in answer to question,
related an interesting account of the mis-
sionary work among the Northwestern
Indians. The exercises we're freely inter-
spersed with good and appropriate music,
furnished by choir composed of Mrs.
Grove. Mrs. Cloes, Messrs. Hewitt, Chap
man, Judd and Hills, with Mrs E. j..
White at the organ.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
THE NEW SCHOOL LAW.
The Territorial Superintendent
Sends Out an Explanatory
Circular

The Territorial Superintendent
Sends Out an Explanatory
Circular.
Very little is yet known about the new
school law. The following circular, sent
out to school boards and school officers
by the territorial superintendent will, in
a measure, give an insight into it's require
ments:
The annual school election is changed
to the third Tuesday in June, and in all
counties operating under the township
school law and polling place is fixed in
each subdistrict of the township. The
present township school board must meet
the last Tuesday in May of the present
year. and temporarily fix the boundaries
of each subdivision and make out and post
notices describing each subdistrict, one
notice to be posted upon the door of each
school house. The qualified voters of
each subdistrict are to elect a director
and those directors are to constitute
the township school board, but there
must be no less than three directors
elected in the township.
The newly elected board of directors
must meet on the second Tuesday in
July, which time is fixed as the regular
annual meeting of the township board.
At the coming election on the third
Tuesday in June the voters present will
choose Judge and clerk of election. At
subsequent elections the director of each
srbdistaict will act as the judge, and the
voters choose the clerk only.
All qualified voters under the general
election laws, and all women 81 years of
age and over, having the care and custody
of children of school age, are qualified
voters at all school elections.
All qualified voters, and all women over
twenty-one years Of age, having the ne
cessary qualification as to citizenship,
are eligible to any school Office in the
township.
1.-THE township treasurer is elected at
large IN the township each year at the
time of the election of the school board.
The county superintendent is to be
elected in June of each even numbered
year. He is to qualify and enter upon
the duties Of his office the first of October
following his election; and is thus re-
moved from the arena of politics.
The director and patrons of each school
select the teacher, and the director has
the immediate charge of the school house
and improvements and of making repairs
and purchasing supplies, subject only to
general rules to be prescribed by the
county board governing all schools in the
township alike.
Teachers must all attend teachers in
stitutes, and for refusal to do so their
certificates may be revoked by the county
Members of township school boards are
to receive but 81 per year for lhe1r SER
vices; clerks and treasurers may be paid
from SIS to $25 per year for their services
by the school board.
Township school boards with the aid of
county superintendent are to fix the
grades of teachers salaries. regulating
them in accordance with the grade of GER
.ificates held by them first, second and
third. This is to be done at the July
meeting.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
Mrs. Mary O'Brien.

As this lady's name has been frequently
mentioned on the streets lately in con-
nection with a $4,000 prize drawn in the
Louisiana State Lottery on March 18th.
a Pioneer reporter was sent to Central
City to interview her yesterday. In re-
ply to various questions propounded to
her. she made in substance the following
statement: II am widow. 81 years Of
age; have one boy old enough to help me
along in the world: have lived in the Hills
nine years; have always worked hard for
a living, keeping boarders or any honest
work that would pay me. I have specu-
lative disposition. Have purchased min
ing stocks and paid assessments on them
until had paid out every dollar I had
and was in debt for provisions I had pro-
cured from the merchants. l had also
put in every dolloar of my sons earnings
without his knowledge, and it had got to
that point where money was an lmpera-
tive necessity to pay off my debts and
keep my mining stocks atloat. One whole
Sght I was unable to sleep. worrying
over my embarrassed condition. All of
sudden. as if by inspiration. the thought
came-buy ticket in the Louisiana
State Lottery. In the morning I cut the
advertisement from the Pioneer. enclosed
500 bill-all the money I possessed in
the world-in an envelope and addressed
it to NJ. A. Dauphin. New Orleans, La.
with request to send me one-tenth in
terest in twenty different numbers. Three
weeks afterwards I received printed list
of the numbers that had drawn prizes,
and. with trembling hands and throbbing
heart, compared the tickets with the
lucky numbers and found I had four win
ners; two had drawn So each, one 500.
and the fourth 5000. now feel that it
was a lucky thought that induced me TO
send the money, and shall advise all my
friends to take a few chances OCCASION
ally; in fact. I am now getting up big
club. ''-Deadwood Dak.,} Pioneer, April
18Th
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
For assessors.

The assessors of the territory should
not fail to comply with the requests made
in the following circular sent out by Com
missioner Mcclure, as we'll be seen by
the number of counties omitted last year
because of negligence:
GENTLEMEN: hand You circular
addressed to the county and township
assessors, which wish you would endorse
and forward to the assessor Tor several
assessors. if organized into townships)
of your county. You can scarcely esti-
mate the value of these statistics in the
way Of furnishing abroad. indisputable
proof of the growth and development of
the agricultural interests Of the territory
They also from a perminet record in this
office, of the advancement made from
year to year by each county.
The following counties failed last year
to make returns to the commissioner of
of any compilation of statis-
tics, and were represented by blank lines
in the tables of farm products, etc.
published in all the official reports of
this office. tOwit:
Bon Homme. Bottineau. Brookings.
Brown. Cass. Cavalier, Charles Mix, Clay,
Custer Dawson, Day. Deuel.,
Dickey, Emmons, Fall River. Faulk,
Grand Forks, Grant. Hamlin. Hand,
Huges. Jera1ld, kidder, kingsb1lry,
Lawrence, Lincoln. Logan. McCook,
McHenry. Mcintosh. Marshall, Mime
haha, Pembina. Pennington. Potter,
Ramsey, Richland. Sanborn, Sargent.
Steele Union, Walsh. Wells.
Ihope with your cooperation to make
this year, full and complete showing for
every organized county within the terri
tory.
Please endorse the accompanying
CIRCULARS and forward them without de-
ay to the assessor (or assessors) Of your
county. and aid me to that extent in my
efforts to obtain the exhibits required by
law. Very Respectfully.
p. F. MCCLURE.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
The following IS
Illustrating jamestown.

Messrs. Park and Swank, the artist who
are making a tour of the Northern Pa
cifc in the interest of the Cincinnati IL
lustrated News, arrived in jamestown
Tuesday. They have been at Fargo for
week or so, taking Photographic views
and sketches of the town for descriptive
article in the News. They have made
some very fine photographs OF a number
of buildings and objects of interest there
and propose doing the same in James
town. Yesterday they made negative,
from one of the most expensive and latest
improved Photographic cameras, of THE
ALERT office and force of employees. They
also took impressions of number OF
buildings and will include in their work
a view of the handsomest and most char
acteristic private residences and objects
of interest. The asylum will probably
be visited for this purpose. The plan is
to have one central picture on page OF
the Illustrated News, surrounded by
other buildings and scenes. The News
will be sent to the dealers here and sold
1T five cents per copy 1t is splendid
advertisement for jamestown and no
doubt many persons will purchase num-
ber of copies to mail to eastern friends.
The artists are clever gentlemen, under
stand their business thoroughly and will
do good work. Parties desiring photo
graphs and wood cuts can obtain them
on application, at reasonable rates.
Consciousness is like room whose sides
are hung with mirrors. The range of
vision is apparently infinitely magnified,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05

He considers it great advantage, as it
gives the weak ones an equal chance at the
feed and water with the stronger cattle,
which were formerly inclined to hook the
small ones away. Mr.. V. IS very thor
ough farmer and stock-raiser. and his
experiment. will be watched with inter-
est
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
Does She Walk.
Valley City Times.

Superintendent OF Schools, Mrs. Bell
Sampson, has not been idle of late, nor
has she been letting the grass grow
under her feet during the few days she
has been visiting the schools in the north
western part Of the county.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
Money for the College Building

Money for the College Building.
H. P. McClintock. collector of the
jamestown college subscriptions, has
given notice that an assessment has been
levied upon the subscribers and will be
expected to be paid on May 10th. A first
payment on the contract must be made
when the foundation work is completed
and subscribers will be expected to pay
in a certain proportion of their pledge to
defray the indebtedness then becoming
duo. The financial condition of the col
lege is now thought to be excellent-the
amounts subscribed being considered
good-and the erection of the building,
and the money therefor. is assured. A
prompt response to the requests for cash,
however, will greatly facilitate opera
tions.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
De-Horning Cattle.
Steele Ozone.

John Van Duesen, of the celebrated
Troy farm. at Tappan, has just dehorned
his entire herd of cattle, 40 in number.
He says the animals did not seem tosuffer
at all while their horns We're being sawed
off. and that they are now doing nicely.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05

this afternoon, which lasted about two
minutes. It was perceptible in every
portion of the city, and the shock so
alarmed the citizens of all classes that
only the invalids and helpless were left
within doors.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
Sucker Born Every Minute-'Tis
Said,

Again the fool killer was abroad on
Tuesday and the victims were many. A
smooth manipulation who was selling
twenty dollars for ten and paying people
to carry off his cheap jewelry, took in the
town to the tune OF about $500. The
suckers were many and every body who
bought gold watch or chain was guyed
and joshed to the limit. The game was
an old one but the man was an artist and
for an hour or so the spectators to the
circus were treated to another practical
illustration of the script1lral tr,lism: "lhe
fool and his money are soon parted"
When the smooth man told his custom
ers that they had been duped they began
to tumble to the racket and one irate
farmer fired his ten dollar watch at the
liberal benefactOr who was beating the
newspapers by such clever way of adj
vertisiDg. When the crowd of suckers
had been separated from their sheckels
the iewelry man made few evolutions
in his buggy and mysteriously landed in
one of the coaches of the afternoon train,
which was then ready to pull out. When
his whereabouts were discovered the cars
we're filled with crestfallen dupes and a
crowd of boys and men "ioshingr them.
One poor fellow, whose pocket was made
$25.0O lighter by the afternoons opera
ton, was sitting or rather leaning towards
the sharper in the car, with both hands
extended, filled with worthless jewelry,
beseechlng pitifully for restoration of
his hard earned earnings. The boys
should remember that motion is quicker
than sight when next they see one of
these nov You see it and now you don't"
artists, and all who went against the
game and got the worst OF it had a needed
and instructive lesson.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
Commissioner of immigration Ex-otficit
Territorial Statistician.
Explanatory and Otherwise.

Explanatory and Otherwise.
Argus.
Chapple goes out OF the Grand Rapids
Journal to make room for his younger
brother-who. if half so attractive-will
be a good journalist. For the edifcation
of The jamestown ALERT. the Argus
would state that Joseph Hatton is not
the same kind of missionary as Frank
Hatton. of the Chicago Mail the latter
is said to be cousin OF the Chappels.
Frank is phenorninal success with the
Chicago Mail. and so is his friend Sterl
Rounds with the Omaha Republican -
both-all good fellows.
Burdette: There is always a great
deal of crookedness about these dime
museums said t he chief OF police to the
bran new mayor In what department
usuallv?" inquired the bran new mayor.
More in the snake dens than anywhere
else replied the chief. and shortly
after the house adjourned, ostensibly to
ascertain wheather the town really had
gone prohibition. but actual to ascertain
that it hadn't.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05

the proposed water works system by lay
ing a main pipe of eight inch diameter up
Fifth avenue to some point not farther
than Pacific avenue, according to their
ability to prosecute the work with the
funds now on hand and those which the
city will have on July 1st. It was also
provided that bids for laying six and
eight inch mains be advertised for in the
Jamestown, and in one st. Paul and one
Fargo paper.
Out of difference to suggestion of the
mayor, Alderman Watson withdrew his
motion.
Alderman Hughes moved that when
the council adjourned it be to one week
from tonight, May 9th.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05
Duluth Markets.

DULUTH, Mimi, May 4.-Wheat opened
cash. June S13s bid, July 831s' bid.
Closed June S2ll sellers, July 81.
Receipts 28.7l9. Shipments, none. Cars,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05

It is part of true philosophy not to
explain the philosophy of everything.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-05

Consciousness is like room whose sides
are hung with mirrors. The range of
vision is apparently infinitely magnified,
but it is all included in consciousness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-04
The Tornado Season.

The tornado season in the West has
opened early this year, but it is to be
hoped that there will be few, if any,
repetitions of the calamities which have
recently visited certain localities in
Missouri and Arkansas. The Tribune
says: "The apparent increase in tor
nadoes of late years is no doubt to be
explained by the fact that as the form
erly uninhabited regions which lay in
the track of these storms become set
tied human habitations are brought
within the range of destructive action.
But though this may explain the matter
it does not solve the problem, which is
becoming more difficult every year.
Villages and small towns which lie
across the paths of these storms suffer
greatly, and as settlement becomes
thicker the damage done yearly mounts
up to more formidable figures, while
the loss of life becomes continually a
more important and serious factor"
1t is certain, however, that these
dread visitations are far more frequent
of late years than formerly. While the
cause for this increase has not been
explained, these storms are all ex-
plicable ON meteorological grounds. A
writer on storms and their causes as
serts that tornado is an electrical
formation, or due to the different
electrical conditions of two air currents.
When the two currents meet they are
set into rotary motion by the impact.
The clouds are not factors, being only
the resulting phenomena of the real